Democrats take legal action against Georgia election board

Three Democrats have asked a state court to force Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) to take up their ethics complaints accusing three members of the State Election Board of holding an illegal meeting and overstepping their legal authority by passing rules that critics say will sow chaos and uncertainty in the presidential race.

The Democrats filed a petition late Tuesday in Fulton County Superior Court claiming that Kemp is required to hold hearings on the matters and to remove the board members if he finds they violated state law.

“We have a board that appears to be running amok, and we have one avenue, the governor, for removing them in instances when they are breaking the law,” said Cathy Woolard, a former chairwoman of the Fulton County Board of Registration & Elections and one of the petitioners. “We simply must take this action in order to attempt to force him to do his job.”

At issue are three avowed supporters of former president Donald Trump who in May took control of the five-member state election board and immediately began passing a flurry of rules that prompted an uproar of criticism from state and local election officials and from Republicans and Democrats.



https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/09/25/democrats-take-legal-action-against-georgia-election-board/